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The Pungent Origin Story Of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos

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Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
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Murasaki Shikibu

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Murasaki Shikibu (c. 970s-1014?) "As far as I can see, halfhearted refuge in religion is more likely to get you lost in an evil rebirth...

The Tale Of Saint-King Olaf’s Miraculous, Flameproof Hair

Who Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

Balthild: The Anglo-Saxon Queen of the Franks

The Opportunistic Italian Rebellion Against The Newly Crowned And Besieged Emperor Leo III Of Constantinople

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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

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In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Godfrey And His Controversial Prince of Parthia—The First Play Written And Performed In America

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Søren Kierkegaard

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The Tale Of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela—The Darkest Story In Greek Mythology

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According to ancient Greek myth and legend, a man named Tereus was once the ruler of a powerful Thracian kingdom. He was a mighty...

Eurybates And Talthybios Bringing Briseis To Agamemnon, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

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The Legend Of Queen Zarinaia Of The Sacae

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Ctesias of Cnidus was a Greek physician and historian who found work in the Achaemenid Empire of Persia during the late 5th century BCE....

Emperor Nero Had A Divine Beard

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  Not only was Emperor Nero a member of the Julian family (Augustus was his great-great-grandfather), he was also part of the Ahenobarbi clan. This...

The Strung-Out Death Of King Grimoald

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In 671, King Grimoald of the Lombards would have been just over 60 years of age, but despite his advancing years, the king was...

Despair of Hecuba, by Jean-François-Pierre Peyron (c. 1744 – 1814)

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This drawing, by the French artist Jean-François-Pierre Peyron (c. 1744 – 1814), was inspired by the horrific plight of the royal family of Troy...

Geoffrey of Monmouth

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Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th-century British Folklorist/Historian) "Victory is not won by any particular commander, but rather by those who shed their blood for him in...

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